Children’s Hour – Caroline’s Dream/ Looking For The Sun – Flesh – Flying Nun Records 12” EP – November 1983.Caroline’s Dream is harrowing. It’s heart of darkness is a million miles from the myth of 1980s Auckland. No wonder Children’s Hour - Chris Matthews, Grant Fell, Bevan Sweeney, and Johnny Pearce - were Looking For The Sun.
Dates (CH play all dates): January ’83 – This Sporting Life. Rumba Bar. 20. 21. 22. February ’83 – Nocturnal Projections. Rumba Bar. 10. 11. 12. March ’83 – No Tag. Rumba Bar. 10. 11. 12. April ’83 - Punikaiki Festival. Mainly Spaniards. Sneaky Feelings. Naked Spots Dance. Stones. Max Quitz. Sheep Effect. Nocturnal Projections. Ballon D’Essai. They Were Expendable. Blue Meanies. Not Really Anything. First Fifteen. Look Blue Go Purple. Greymouth. 2. 3. 4. Empire. 6. 7. Nocturnal Projections. Star and Garter. 9. Cosgroves. 11. 13. May ’83 – NRA. Rumba Bar. 19. 20. 21. June ’83 – Flying Nun Recording Party. This Sporting Life. Phantom Fourth. Exploding Budgies. Eight Living Legs. Flak. Heptocrats. Lesser Specked Gottliebs. The Gramme. The Stones. Rumba Bar. 6. The Stones. The Skeptics. This Sporting Life. Mainstreet. 15. July ’83 - Skeptics. Cricketers. 13. 14. August ‘83 – 55 Polish Workers. Hotel De Brett. aft. 18. Eight Living Legs. Windsor Castle. aft. 20. October ‘83 – The Gordons. Fishschool. Mainstreet. 20. The Gordons. SPAM. 24. 25. November ’83 – Eight Living Legs. Windsor Castle. 11. Oriental. 24. 25. 26. 30. December ’83 - Oriental. 1. Gladstone. 2. 3. 4. Oriental. 6. 7. Gladstone. 9. 10. Terminus. 13. Snailclamps. Palmerston North. 15. Eight Living Legs. Silent Decree. SPAM. 23. YFC. Windsor Castle. 30. YFC. Grocer Man Jack. Infectious. Windsor Castle. 31.
Dates (CH play all dates): January ’83 – This Sporting Life. Rumba Bar. 20. 21. 22. February ’83 – Nocturnal Projections. Rumba Bar. 10. 11. 12. March ’83 – No Tag. Rumba Bar. 10. 11. 12. April ’83 - Punikaiki Festival. Mainly Spaniards. Sneaky Feelings. Naked Spots Dance. Stones. Max Quitz. Sheep Effect. Nocturnal Projections. Ballon D’Essai. They Were Expendable. Blue Meanies. Not Really Anything. First Fifteen. Look Blue Go Purple. Greymouth. 2. 3. 4. Empire. 6. 7. Nocturnal Projections. Star and Garter. 9. Cosgroves. 11. 13. May ’83 – NRA. Rumba Bar. 19. 20. 21. June ’83 – Flying Nun Recording Party. This Sporting Life. Phantom Fourth. Exploding Budgies. Eight Living Legs. Flak. Heptocrats. Lesser Specked Gottliebs. The Gramme. The Stones. Rumba Bar. 6. The Stones. The Skeptics. This Sporting Life. Mainstreet. 15. July ’83 - Skeptics. Cricketers. 13. 14. August ‘83 – 55 Polish Workers. Hotel De Brett. aft. 18. Eight Living Legs. Windsor Castle. aft. 20. October ‘83 – The Gordons. Fishschool. Mainstreet. 20. The Gordons. SPAM. 24. 25. November ’83 – Eight Living Legs. Windsor Castle. 11. Oriental. 24. 25. 26. 30. December ’83 - Oriental. 1. Gladstone. 2. 3. 4. Oriental. 6. 7. Gladstone. 9. 10. Terminus. 13. Snailclamps. Palmerston North. 15. Eight Living Legs. Silent Decree. SPAM. 23. YFC. Windsor Castle. 30. YFC. Grocer Man Jack. Infectious. Windsor Castle. 31.
Children's Hour - Caroline's Dream - 1983
1 comments:
Funny, I was just about to write a blog about CHILDREN'S HOUR. I love the clatter of 'Marion the Spider' and 'Mr Dead' (which sounds almost exactly like 'Paper House' by ASSOCIATES) is a great example of the amazing guitar sound that Chris Matthews has. In that 'Caroline's Dream' video clip, Bevan Sweeney's face actually got cut up by that bottle. I always look out for that bit.
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